Lajos Dudás

LAJOS DUDAS lives at the Bodensee (Lac de Constance), belongs to the few European jazz musicians to win a mention in Joachim Ernst Berendt's << Great Jazz Book >> , where his 'tender gentle free-tonal playing' is praised. From a background in classical music Dudas had made a sensitiv transition to swing and modern jazz.

He found wide recognation with his entry << Urban Blues >> at the 11. Competition for Jazz Compositions in Monaco in 1982.

He is thus brilliant at interweaving bop nuances, folk music, contemporary classical and the avantgarde, to create an unique sound wich he rings the changes, either swinging "free and easy" or improvising in shimmering tone colours. As the old master himself, Artie Shaw, puts it: "Lajos Dudas is a first-rate clarinettists, the level of his playing is extremely high."At the <Top People Poll > , the famous international Jazz Forum, he regulary took top places in the Eighties. In the studio the clarinet maestro is feared for his perfectionism ; the listener need not worry about that, but can relish his lovely clarinet tune - not a predictable beauty, but one that is full suprise.